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sons, all residents of the City of Frederick, who shall be appointed by the
Mayor with the advice and consent of the Board of Aldermen. The term
of the ex officio member shall correspond to his official tenure. The term of
each member shall be 5 years or until his successor takes office, except, that
the respective terms of the 5 members first appointed shall be 1, 2, 3, 4 and
5 years. The present members of the Planning and Zoning Commission
shall continue to serve as members until this Resolution becomes effective,
after which the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be appointed
within 30 days in accordance herewith. The Commission shall appoint 1 of
its members as chairman. All members of the Commission shall serve as
such without compensation. Members may be removed^ by the Board of
Aldermen after a hearing, for inefficiency, neglect of duties or malfeasance
in office.

Section 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the date of the
passage of this Resolution is November 20, 1969, and the amendment of
the Charter of the City of Frederick, hereby enacted, shall become effective
on January 9, 1970, unless a proper petition for a referendum herein shall
be filed as provided by Section 13 of Article 23A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, and provided a complete and exact copy of this Resolution
shall be continuously posted at City Hall, Frederick, Maryland, until
December 30, 1969, and provided further that a fair summary of the pro-
posed amendment shall be published in the News & Post, a newspaper of
general circulation in the City of Frederick, once in each of the weeks of
November 25, December 2, 9 and 16, 1969.

Section 3. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AND ORDAINED that
the Mayor of Frederick shall send separately by registered mail to the
Secretary of the State of Maryland and the Department of Legislative
Reference the complete text hereof; the date of referendum election, if any;
the number of votes cast for and against the question containing the charter
amendment, whether in the legislative body or in a referendum and
effective date of the charter amendment.

APPROVED: November 20, 1969

PASSED: November 20, 1969
John A. Derr, President
Board of Aldermen
John A. Derr, Mayor

GAITHERSBURG

Montgomery
Resolution No. R-5-70

RESOLUTION proposing repeal and re-enactment with amend-
ments the Charter of the City of Gaithersburg.

BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of
Gaithersburg that it hereby proposes to repeal and re-enact the Charter of
the City of Gaithersburg with amendments to read as follows:

CHARTER OF THE CITY OF GAITHERSBURG

1. The inhabitants within the corporate limits heretofore legally estab-
lished as and for the City of Gaithersburg are hereby continued as a body